nikos59 Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 I have been collecting bridge record deals for a longtime, so it is all the more satisfying when I findnew record deals in BBO. There was one deal in the semifinal of last year's BBO Premier League,where they bid 7S at one table and they passedit at 1S at the other table (Kwiecien-Bizon, no less).I wrote about it elsewhere. Tonight I had theexperience to make 3NT on a board that waspassed out at several tables. [hv=d=s&v=a&n=sqjtht82dk974ca73&w=sak82hq7643djt53c&e=s973hj95daq86cqt9&s=s654hakd2ckj86542]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - - - 1♣ 1♥ Dbl 2♥ 3♣ Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass EW were star-experts, internationals I guess. 3NT is not exactlycold, but perhaps we bid it very confidently, so a heart wasled, club to the ace, claim 9 tricks. The traveller reveals a passout at three tables (also some620s their way). ns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 I am not sure if we should encourage putting BBO disasters here...as they could serioulsy injury people from laughing too hard. But if something can go wrong, it probably will.. here is a recent bbo hand.... [hv=d=e&v=e&n=sj9hj753dkt975ct7&w=saq5haq9da3caqj52&e=skt742h64dq4ck986&s=s863hkt82dj862c43]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Bidding at one table was... 7NT is of course, laydown....West North East South - - Pass Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ Pass 7NT Pass Pass Pass At the other table, the bidding...West North East South - - - Pass 2♦ Pass Pass Pass Pass 2♦ was multi and EAST decided a clever pass instead of bidding a major would be a good strategy. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahol Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 When expert opponents bid a very lucky game, there is everytime a sort of "intuition" in the evaluation of the board. Too bad, if the opponents are just very intermediate players, that hurts much more.... Like in this board from yesterday, which was the very last one in 28 boards IMP competition. In the previous two boards, we, together with my pard, lost eleven IMP points in each... [hv=d=n&v=n&n=sj876haj1083da6cj9&w=sqhk764dj42cak763&e=sak10932h92d97c1082&s=s54hq5dkq10853cq54]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Our opponents were about eighty years old each. In such age, people normally tend to be a bit careful bidders, not like in their twenties...However, not in my country, where bridge auction is typical with extreme aggressivity.... Nord opened bidding with one heart call (how many experts would recommend it?). Looking at these old guys, I decided to make final act, which would stop them from any experiments, and bid 3 spades (non-vulnerable against vulnerable). South was thinking for a long time, then with an act of resignation doubled. North, after more minutes, with another act of resignation, bid 3NT! Then, I spend four more minutes in attempt to find the best killing lead..no chance, 3NT cold.. and made +1 after the lead of 10S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jahol Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 We were playing different opponents, playing me, you would have had more difficult time (I bid THREE spades, as you know) . Anyway, this small collection of two tables can show bridge players all over the world, what sort of bidding is typical in Czech Republic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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